First Independent Mena Newspaper
Investigations have begun against Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Morsi, amidst allegations that he is connected to the leakage of security documents to Al Jazeera, a popular Qatar based satellite news channel. The judicial investigators think that the secretary to Morsi’s daughter facilitated the transfer of the documents to the channel and security officials are claiming […]
In a documentary – to be aired by Al-Jazeera and a debate surrounding the Lockerbie bombing; Iran is being accused of sponsoring the attack after asking the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC), a breakaway faction group of the Palestinian struggle based in Syria, to carry out the bombing. Iran has dismissed […]
An Al Jazeera cameraman who has been in detention in Egypt has been acquitted along with 61 other defendants. The men, most of whom have reportedly ties to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, were accused of organizing demonstrations followed by clashes in Cairo as well as of an attempted murder. Morsi’s supporters were protesting against his […]
The emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, has announced this Tuesday he was stepping down and naming his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, 33, as his successor. During the past weeks, there were some swirling rumors circulating in the media and diplomatic spheres that the 61-year-old emir was preparing to step down […]